Joe Biden’s blink and you’ll miss it visit to Northern Ireland This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News For the best part of a year at least, the prospect of this presidential visit has been discussed among… Continue reading Joe Biden’s blink and you’ll miss it visit to Northern Ireland

Joe Biden visit to Belfast will ’emphasise US commitment to peace’ Yuri Gripas/POOL US President Joe Biden has said he will emphasise his country’s “commitment to preserving peace” in Northern Ireland when he visits Belfast this evening. He will arrive in the city to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace agreement. The… Continue reading Joe Biden visit to Belfast will ’emphasise US commitment to peace’

Good Friday Agreement: Rishi Sunak calls on Stormont return ahead of Joe Biden visit Reuters By Ali Gordon BBC News NI Rishi Sunak has praised the “bravery, perseverance and political imagination” shown by the leaders who shaped Northern Ireland’s peace deal. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement ended Northern Ireland’s decades-long violent conflict known as the… Continue reading Good Friday Agreement: Rishi Sunak calls on Stormont return ahead of Joe Biden visit

Last few days ‘difficult and traumatic’, says Sturgeon PA Media Nicola Sturgeon has said she wants to get on with her life and her job after a week that saw her husband arrested and her home searched by police. Scotland’s former first minister was speaking for the first time since Peter Murrell was questioned over… Continue reading Last few days ‘difficult and traumatic’, says Sturgeon

SNP facing ‘biggest crisis in 50 years’ – Mike Russell PA Media The president of the SNP has said he does not think independence can be achieved “right now” as police continue investigating the party’s finances. The former minister also admitted his party is facing its biggest crisis in 50 years. His comments follow the… Continue reading SNP facing ‘biggest crisis in 50 years’ – Mike Russell

Scott Benton suspended as Tory MP after lobbying sting Times newspaper Scott Benton has been suspended as a Conservative MP after he was filmed offering to lobby ministers for a fake company in a newspaper sting. Mr Benton had the party whip removed after referring himself to Parliament’s standards watchdog. It comes after a Times… Continue reading Scott Benton suspended as Tory MP after lobbying sting

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell released without charge after arrest PA Media Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been released without charge by the police, pending further investigation into party finances. Mr Murrell, 58, the husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested on Wednesday morning. He was questioned while police searched their… Continue reading Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell released without charge after arrest